California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 5 - Aid to Families With Dependent Children—Foster Care

• Section 11400.
  For purposes of this article, and Article 6 (commencing with Section 11450), the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC)” means...
• Section 11401.
  Aid in the form of AFDC-FC shall be provided under this chapter on behalf of any child under 18 years of age, and to any...
• Section 11401.05.
  The department shall amend the foster care state plan required under Subtitle IV-E (commencing with Section 470 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....
• Section 11401.1.
  (a) Otherwise eligible children placed voluntarily prior to January 1, 1981, may remain eligible for AFDC-FC payments.(b) Beginning on January 1, 1982, AFDC-FC payments for children placed...
• Section 11401.2.
  AFDC-FC shall be paid to an otherwise eligible child in a voluntary placement in a demonstration county for a period not to exceed six months,...
• Section 11401.4.
  A child living with his or her parent who is a minor or, on and after January 1, 2012, a nonminor dependent and a recipient...
• Section 11401.5.
  The county shall review the child’s or nonminor dependent’s payment amount annually. The review shall include an examination of any circumstances of a foster child...
• Section 11401.6.
  At the time of determining eligibility for AFDC-FC payments, the county shall also determine whether the child is currently in receipt of benefits pursuant to...
• Section 11402.
  In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, a child or nonminor dependent shall be placed in one of the following:(a) Prior to January 1, 2020:(1) The approved...
• Section 11402.01.
  (a) In addition to the placements described in Section 11402, a child or nonminor dependent may be eligible for AFDC-FC while placed in a group home...
• Section 11402.1.
  For purposes of Section 11402, “eligible for federal financial participation” means that the payment is consistent with an approved state plan under Sections 671 and...
• Section 11402.2.
  Recognizing that transitions to independence involve self-initiated changes in placements, it is the intent of the Legislature that regulations developed regarding the approval of the...
• Section 11402.4.
  (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in subdivisions (b) and (c), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to an approved home of...
• Section 11402.5.
  (a) The federal government has provided the state the option of including in its state plan children placed in public child care institutions. Therefore, notwithstanding Section...
• Section 11402.6.
  (a) The federal government has provided the state with the option of including in its state plan children placed in a private facility operated on a...
• Section 11402.7.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a minor dependent at least 16 years of age who is otherwise eligible for AFDC-FC benefits, as described in Section 11401,...
• Section 11402.9.
  In order to receive funding on behalf of children receiving AFDC-FC, each provider, as defined in Section 11466, shall provide a full disclosure of all...
• Section 11403.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to exercise the option afforded states under Section 475(8) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 675(8)), and Section 473(a)(4) (42 U.S.C....
• Section 11403.01.
  On and after January 1, 2012, a nonminor who is receiving Kin-GAP benefits under Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 11360) or Article 4.7 (commencing with...
• Section 11403.05.
  (a) The department shall include all of the following on a flyer for the Independent Living Program created by the department, the form used for a...
• Section 11403.1.
  (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that former foster youth are a vulnerable population at risk of homelessness, unemployment, welfare dependency, incarceration, and other adverse outcomes...
• Section 11403.2.
  (a) The following persons shall be eligible for transitional housing provided pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 16522) of Chapter 5 of Part 4:(1) Any foster...
• Section 11403.3.
  (a) (1) Subject to subdivision (b), a transitional housing placement provider, as defined in subdivision (r) of Section 11400, that provides transitional housing services to an eligible...
• Section 11404.
  (a) Except as provided in Section 11405, a child is not eligible for AFDC-FC unless responsibility for placement and care of the child is with the...
• Section 11404.1.
  In order to be eligible for AFDC-FC, the child shall receive a periodic review no less frequently than once every six months and a permanency...
• Section 11404.2.
  When a child qualified for federal financial participation under the AFDC-FC program is residing with a relative caretaker and the relative caretaker makes application to...
• Section 11405.
  (a) Except for nonminors described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e), AFDC-FC benefits shall be paid to an otherwise eligible child living with a nonrelated legal...
• Section 11406.5.
  A refugee who is eligible for, and is required to participate in, an alternative project implemented pursuant to Section 412(e)(7) of the federal Immigration and...
• Section 11407.
  If, when and during such times as the federal statutes provide federal funds for any child who is granted aid pursuant to subsection (b) of...
• Section 11408.
  County claims for aid to needy children placed in foster care, as defined by the rules and regulations of the department, shall be filed separately...
• Section 11409.
  To the extent required by federal law, the department shall establish specific numeric goals for the number of children receiving AFDC-FC payments who have been...
• Section 11410.
  (a) The department shall amend the foster care state plan required under Subtitle IV-E (commencing with Section 470) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C....

Last modified: October 22, 2018